It Hurts
Chapter 2 up! How far is the story? Nice? Hope so. Well, on with the story.
Part 2: Brothers
By KiraLacus Forever
Who am I?
"Sasuke!"
Is that my name?
"Nanda, dobe?"
Are these my memories?
"You bastard! How many must I tell you!"
"My name is Naruto!"
"Not dobe!"
Naruto...
It sounds so familiar...
But why can't I remember anything?
At Naruto's house
After taking his bath, Naruto sits on his bed as he looks at the photo frames on his table. Three frames. First showing Naruto and Iruka, second shows Team 7 with their teacher and the last but not least, is Naruto and Sasuke. It was a photo Kakashi took when he's sneaking on them. In the picture was Naruto and Sasuke blushing and looking away from each other, after an accidental kiss.
Naruto smiles as he recalled that day. He hugs his legs to his chest, as he looks at the starry night sky.
"Who are you?"
"NO!" Naruto covers his ears and shut his eyes. Tears starts to flow again as Naruto thought about the Uchiha shinobi.
"Why…Why is this happening to us? Sasuke…Sasuke…" Naruto pressed his face against his pillow as he slowly dozes off.
Without making any sound, Kakashi open the window and sneak into Naruto's room. He turns the blond around and dry the tears with his fingers. He pulls the blanket over to cover Naruto from catching a cold.
It hurts. It hurts him to see his two beloved students suffering in this kind of state. Especially Naruto. The blond kid had been suffering since he was a child. Now, he finally found someone to love and care for him, but fate took it away from him.
Why?
Why of all people, Naruto is always the one suffering?
Kakashi climbs out the window, taking a last glance at Naruto, he quietly went off.
At the medical room
Staring at the night sky, Sasuke could not help but think about the blond boy called Naruto.
'What is this feeling? Who is this Naruto? What is he to me?' Sasuke thought as he clenched his fist.
"Looks like you are still alive."
"Dare!" Sasuke turn towards the dark area of his room as a figure slowly walks towards him, with a pair of red eyes looking back at him.
"Who are you?"
"I'm your elder brother. Sasuke."
"Elder brother?" Itachi takes off his hat and open the top part of his cloak. Sasuke felt a shiver sent down his spine as he looks into Itachi's Sharingan. It was scary, but he could detect something else in it. Care? He don't know. But there's something he felt within him, the urge to kill, to kill the person in front of him. But why? Is he an enemy? Or really his elder brother?
"Looks like you really lost all your memories. Do you remember your name?"
"No, I can't remember anything. But I heard that my name is Uchiha Sasuke from the Uchiha Clan and I have Amnesia after a serious damage on my head. That's all I know."
'Kisame that moron! I'm gonna kill him and make him into shark fins!' Itachi thought as he move forward and sits on the bed.
"Er…are you really my brother?" "Ah. My name is Uchiha Itachi. Both of us were the only survivors of the Uchiha Clan, which was destroyed years ago." "Oh..I see. Er…Nii-san?"
Nii-san. It's a name that he hardly heard after all these years, after the whole clan was destroyed. "Nanda, Sasuke?"
"Could you tell me more about us? About me? About this village?" Sasuke asks as he looks at his brother.
Itachi smiles. The ever first time he had smile after the destroyed clan, after he was separated from his younger brother.
"Alright, I'll tell you. First is that we came from the Uchiha Clan, we were called the strongest clan in the Konoha village. We were famous for our Advanced Bloodline, the Sharingan, as you can see it from my eyes. You have it too, although it is not fully matured."
"I have it too?"
"Yah, but I think you forgot how to use it already. Don't worry, it will help you when it was needed. And about you, you were very obedient. And always trying to learn stuffs from me, begging me to give you training."
"And did you?" "No, I didn't." Sasuke chuckle at his reply.
"When you were around 7 years old, the clan was destroyed and I was separated from you."
"Do you know why it was destroyed?" "No, I don't know." "Oh..I see. And how did you find me?"
"I have a mission in this village, I found you during my mission. It's good to see that you still alive."
"But I have lost my memories…"
Sasuke looks down at his hand sadly. Itachi sigh as he holds his chin up and pokes his forehead with his fingers.
"Itai! This feeling…" Sasuke touches the place where Itachi just poked him, this action seems so familiar to him.
"I do this to you every time when you are still young. It's kinda of fun." Sasuke pout as Itachi pats his head and stood up. "Alright, I have to go now before anyone recognizes who I am."
"Why?" Itachi pause as he looks towards his younger brother. "Because everyone thinks that I'm the one who destroyed the clan."
"That's ridiculous! Why will you be the one who destroyed the clan, while you are one part of it!"
"You really think that? Even if you are not sure whether I'm really your brother or just a stranger?" Sasuke clench his fist on his chest as he smiles at him.
"Even though I have lost my memories, down deep in my heart, there is something telling me that you are my brother. Now I'm definitely sure about this feeling of mine."
Itachi walks towards Sasuke and takes his right hand gently, trying not to hurt him. He took out a silver bracelet with a red round jewel hanging onto it. Sasuke can feel the weight of it when Itachi let go of his hand. The jewel is the same as the Sharingan pupil, it was beautiful when the moonlight shines on it.
"This was given to me by our mother, I kept it all this years. Now I will let you have it and hope that it will helps you to regain some memories."
"I'll treasure it. Arigatou, Nii-san." Itachi smiles as he button up his cloak and put back on his hat. Before he leaves, he turns towards Sasuke.
"Don't tell anyone that you have seen me. And whenever you are in danger, concentrate your Chakra on the red jewel."
"Chakra? What's that?" Sasuke looks from the red jewel to Itachi, who just smiles at him. "You will know soon, your friends will tell you."
"Oh…okay." "And also, hang along more with Uzumaki Naruto. He is the best choice to get all your memories recovered. Ja, see you next time, Otouto-yoh."
Itachi disappears into the shadow, leaving Sasuke wondering about his last sentence.
Uzumaki Naruto? Who was he to him anyway?
Laying back on the bed, Sasuke lift his hand up with the red jewel hanging in mid air. Slowly he was melted within the colour as doziness starts to take over him, as fall into sleep thinking of a certain blond kid smiling at him.
"Nii-san!"
Is this me?
"Doushita, Sasuke?"
Nii-san...
"You promised me to teach me some shurikens techniques."
"You liar…"
So this is the things I beg him...
Itachi signaled Sasuke to come forward
And poke him on the forehead.
"Sorry, Sasuke."
"Maybe next time…"
Haha...That action...
"Nii-san no baka!"
End of chapter 2, I can't believe I finished two chapters in a day. Hmm, my skills has improved. Alright now, pls RnR!
Preview for the next chapter:
Sasuke looks at the blond standing in front of him, who was looking down on his feet. Sasuke stood up from his bed, and went forward to hug him.
Naruto was stunned as he stays still and Sasuke hugs him.
"I'm sorry if I forgot about something important happened between the both of us. I'll try to regain all my memories back as soon as possible."
Naruto hugs him back as he nodded his head.
"I will wait; wait for that day to come…"
The day when you remember that you love me…
Alright, stay tuned for the next chapter!
